Category: Education

WAEC: Lagos Assembly To Monitor COVID-19 Compliance
August 18, 2020 No Responses

WAEC: Lagos Assembly To Monitor COVID-19 Compliance

The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Education to visit public and private schools to determine their compliance with COVID-19 guidelines issued by the Federal Government.  According to the House, the visit is necessary following the...
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Ibadan Group Demands Indigene As UI, UCH Heads
August 3, 2020 No Responses

Ibadan Group Demands Indigene As UI, UCH Heads

The apex Ibadan socio-cultural organisation, Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint an indigene as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan.  The CCII President-General, Alhaji Adeyemi ...
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World Bank Approves $500m For Girls’ Education In Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Four Others
July 29, 2020 No Responses

World Bank Approves $500m For Girls’ Education In Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Four Others

The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) towards improving secondary education opportunities among girls in seven states in Nigeria.  A statement from the bank in Abuja on Wedne...
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FG Directs Secondary Schools To Resume August 4
July 27, 2020 No Responses

FG Directs Secondary Schools To Resume August 4

The Federal Government has directed all Secondary schools in the country to reopen on August 4, 2020 to enable students in final classes sit for their examination.Specifically, the government said students will have two weeks to prepare for the West...
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UTME: Institutions To Begin First, Second Choice Admissions Aug 21
July 21, 2020 No Responses

UTME: Institutions To Begin First, Second Choice Admissions Aug 21

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions to begin the conduct of the first and second choice admissions from August 21. The board gave the directive in the 2020 admission guidelines released in Abuja by...
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Kwara Assures Private School Owners Of Interest-Free Loan
July 18, 2020 No Responses

Kwara Assures Private School Owners Of Interest-Free Loan

Kwara State Government on Friday promised interest-free loan and grants to private school owners to enable them pay their workers. The State Governor, Rahman AbdulRazaq made the promise in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaiye....
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Senate Passes Bills To Establish University of Technology Auchi, Maritime University, Okerenkoko
July 15, 2020 No Responses

Senate Passes Bills To Establish University of Technology Auchi, Maritime University, Okerenkoko

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Delta State.  Also passed were two bills to establish the University of Technology, Auchi, Edo State; and Federal College of Education, Giwa, Kaduna ...
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Court Okays Suits Against Uni Abuja VC, DG SEC
June 30, 2020 No Responses

Court Okays Suits Against Uni Abuja VC, DG SEC

The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday, granted the Centre for Social Justice leave to file a suit against the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja.  The court equally gave the centre permission to commence legal action against the Director-.....
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Edo Varsity Workers Protest 11 Months Unpaid Salaries
June 15, 2020 No Responses

Edo Varsity Workers Protest 11 Months Unpaid Salaries

Workers of Edo Government-owned Tayo Akpata University of Education on Monday protested over 11 months unpaid salaries and pension. The workers, who protested before the state Head of Service (HoS), Mr Anthony Okungbowa, lamented that their families had been m...
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COVID-19: Ogun Orders Health Institute To Recall Students On Industrial Training
June 15, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Ogun Orders Health Institute To Recall Students On Industrial Training

The Ogun State Government has ordered the management of Royal Institute of Health Technology, Ifo, to immediately recall its students who are on industrial training (IT) programme.Governor Dapo Abiodun gave the directive during a meeting with the management of...
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First Bank Hands Over 10,000 e-Learning Devices To Lagos State
June 12, 2020 No Responses

First Bank Hands Over 10,000 e-Learning Devices To Lagos State

First Bank on Thursday handed over  20,000 e-learning devices to the Lagos State Government as part of measures to boost e-learning in schools.  Speaking at the event, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu explained that  technology/e-learning was a way t...
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Lagos Recruits 3,000 Teachers
June 3, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Recruits 3,000 Teachers

The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, announced on Tuesday that 3,000 primary and secondary school teachers had been recruited by the State Government in the past 12 months. Addressing a news conference to mark the ministry’s a...
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NCWS To Edo Govt: Fish Out killers Of UNIBEN Undergraduate
June 1, 2020 No Responses

NCWS To Edo Govt: Fish Out killers Of UNIBEN Undergraduate

The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has called on Edo Government to ensure that killers of Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level Microbiology student of University of Benin (UNIBEN) are brought to book.The President NCWS, Mrs Laraba Shoda, made the call...
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FirstBank Targets 1m Students In Free e-Learning Platform
May 22, 2020 No Responses

FirstBank Targets 1m Students In Free e-Learning Platform

First Bank of Nigeria Limited is targeting one million students in free e-learning solutions platform in partnership with Roducate and Lagos State Government. In a statement on Thursday, First Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, explained t...
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